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About Face turns 25 by nurturing the next generation of LGBTQ+ artists
About Face Theatre takes the mystery out of training next-generation LGBTQ+ artists—while putting it into a streaming production.
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Retail, resistance, and rebirth in Wally World and Kickback
Christmas Eve goes to 11 in Isaac Gómez’s workplace comedy; About Face celebrates Black queer lives, past and present.
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From Greenhouse to hotbed
A show reopens and closes under fire; plus new leadership and a new funding initiative for Black theater makers
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COVID can’t stop the Pride celebration
This year, queer performers dismantle digital boundaries while creating their own spaces.
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A couple faces a becalmed relationship in The Gulf
About Face’s two-hander boasts stellar performances.
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Packing follows one gay man’s journey to confront his midwestern ghosts
Scott Bradley’s solo show for About Face creates an important document of queer life.
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20/20 celebrates being young, gifted, and queer
About Face Youth Theatre turns 20 with this contemporary look at LGBTQ history.
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Dada Woof Papa Hot shows that modern parenthood’s not just for straight people
“Isn’t being normal the most radical thing of all?” God no!
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An interracial couple struggles with differing levels of activism in This Bitter Earth
Harrison David Rivers’s new play looks at love in the time of Black Lives Matter.
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LGBTQ young people reimagine their autobiographies as Scary Stories to Save Your Life
Vampires, stalkers, monsters, and other horrors included.
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Two badass early 20th-century feminists shatter convention like a Bull in a China Shop
Meet the indomitable Mary Emma Woolley and Jeannette Marks.
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No Blue Memories, Significant Other, and seven more stage shows to see now
There’s a raft of recommended new plays this week.
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The gripping Bright Half Life shows small choices with cataclysmic consequences
Tanya Barfield’s clear-eyed play follows two women over the course of their five-decade-long lesbian relationship.
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After the Dance, End of the Rainbow, and ten more new theater reviews
A Chicago premiere from Runcible and another success from Porchlight are among this week’s best bets.